LIFE 



OF 



THE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER. 



CHAPTEE I. 



MARRIAGE OF HENRY SOMERSET, LORD HERBERT 

 OF RAGLAN. 



TOWARDS the close of the sixteenth century there 

 was a rumour afloat in London, among aristocratic 

 circles, respecting a marriage in high life. At that 

 time Blackfriars was as much the seat of fashion, as 

 St. James s at a later period ; and was conveniently 

 situated while Queen Elizabeth held her court at Green 

 wich. 



A contemporary cor 

 respondent, writing in 

 the usual quaint style of 

 the day, states in a let 

 ter dated from Baynard s 

 Castle, the 23rd of No 

 vember, 1599 : &quot; I hear 

 that the Lord Herbert, 

 the Earl of Worcester s 

 son, shall marry Miss 

 Anne Eussell, and that 

 it is concluded upon.&quot; 

 This announcement re 

 lates to no less a person 



B.un 8 -BT.WKuoMM A POLONDON f 1658. tha11 ^ future Marquis 



of Worcester, father of 



